Juventus coach Antonio Conte fails to overturn 10 month suspension

Juventus coach Antonio Conte has failed in his bid to have a 10-month suspension from football overturned.

The 43-year-old was handed the lengthy ban by the Italian Football
Federation (FIGC) for allegedly failing to report two incidents of
match-fixing during his time in charge of Siena.

But despite appealing the verdict in person at the Federal Court
of Justice on Monday, the 43-year-old has been denied the chance to
return to coaching Juve for Saturday's opening Serie A game against
Parma.

An FIGC statement read: "The Federal Court of Justice can confirm the 10-month disqualification for Antonio Conte."

Conte's implication in the Calcioscommesse scandal involved two Serie B matches that took place in the 2010-11 season.

The statement continued: "It was decided to acquit Conte for his
role in the Novara-Siena game, but the 10-month disqualification stands
as a disciplinary commission sanction concerning Albinoleffe-Siena."

Having considered the appeals of 23 individuals and seven clubs in
total, the FIGC today revealed in which cases they had decided to amend
or uphold the original verdicts.

Conte's assistant Angelo Alessio, who worked alongside the former
Italy international at Siena, has had his suspension reduced from eight
months to six.